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Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar [note 1] (1465 – c. June 12, 1524) was a Spanish conquistador and the first governor of Cuba. In 1511 he led the successful conquest and colonization of Cuba. In 1511 he led the successful conquest and colonization of Cuba.
1492–1499 Christopher Columbus, as Governor or Viceroy of the Indies. 1499–1502 Francisco de Bobadilla, as Governor of the Indies. 1502–1509 Nicolás de Ovando y Cáceres, as Governor of the Indies. 1509–1518 Diego Colón, as Governor of the Indies until 1511, thereafter as Viceroy of the Indies. 1526 Real Audiencia of Santo Domingo ...
Around the end of March 1519, Hernán Cortés landed with a Spanish conquistador force at Potonchán on the coast of modern-day Mexico. [4] Cortés had been commissioned by Governor Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar of Spanish-controlled Cuba to lead an expedition in the area, [5] which was dominated by the Aztec Empire. [6]
Diego José Navarro García de Valladares: 1st Term (Provisional governor) 18 November 1771 to 12 June 1777: Felipe de Fondesviela y Ondeano, Marquis of la Torre: 12 June 1777 to 12 February 1782: Diego José Navarro García de Valladares: 2nd Term (Provisional governor) 12 February 1782 to 29 December 1782: Juan Manuel de Cagigal y Monserrat
Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar, the first governor of Cuba. In 1511, Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar set out with three ships and an army of 300 men from Hispaniola to form the first Spanish settlement in Cuba, with orders from Spain to conquer the island. The settlement was at Baracoa, but the new settlers were to be greeted with stiff resistance ...
The first governor of Cuba, the Spanish conquistador Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar leads a group of settlers in Baracoa. 1512: Indigenous Cuban resistance leader Hatuey is burned at the stake. 1519: Havana founded as San Cristóbal de la Habana (north coast) 1523: Emperor Charles V authorizes 4,000 gold pesos for the construction of cotton mills ...
A San Diego lifeguard raft was unable to reach the person before they died, the agency said, according to a report from AP. ... Governor Gavin Newsom has announced a state of emergency for eight ...
Since the 16th century the island of Cuba had been under the control of the governor-captain general of Santo Domingo.The conquest of Cuba was organized in 1510 by the recently restored Viceroy of the Indies, Diego Colón, under the command of Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar, who became Cuba's first governor until his death in 1524.